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…. Like alcohol intoxication, marijuana intoxication impairs reading comprehension, memory, speech, problem-solving ability, and reaction time. The effects on the intellect of long-term use are unknown. Consistent evidence that marijuana induces or causes brain…

…, what is alcohol?) Alcohol is classified in one of three categories of stimulants, depressants, or psychedelics. Alcohol is classified as a depressant. Alcohol produces some of its effects by depressing various brain functions and is also a local anesthetic…

…can be deactivated or made dysfunctional, causing symptoms similar to those of the human disorder. Scrapie, a fatal disease of the brain in sheep and related to human Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, has been studied this way.…

…the heart, liver, kidney, brain, bone marrow and many other organs. Inhalants can cause some of the same problems in pregnancy as alcohol does. There is link between inhalant users and problems in school. The are ways you can tell if someone you know…

…known as hyperkinesis, hyperactivity, minimal brain damage and minimal brain dysfunction, Attention Deficit disorder received its present name in the late 70s, and was again restored in 1994 edition of DSM IV. ADD is the most commonly diagnosed childhood…

…for what causes manic depression, but some doctors say that it may be from imbalances of certain kinds of brain chemicals. Heredity also has a little part to do with it. Manic depression is treatable though. Medication, such as lithium can be given…

…protein, transductin, to travel to the effector enzyme, and thus regulates the levels of soduim ions (Na+). The eye cells become hyperpolarized, thus producing a negative charge, signaling visual data to the brain. The two afore mentioned receptors are just…

…isolated and alone, and having the feeling of no self-worth can lead to suicide. Eating disorders are commonly caused by a chemical imbalance in the victim’s brain. Everyone has a chemical in their brain called Seratonin. This is what controls your…

…Vincent Van Gogh was and still is, a well know artist, but did people really know him? Did they have any idea what was going on in his brain? From the looks of his final self-portrait, I think not. This painting was completed just months before his…

…infections, nonparalytic, and paralytic. About ninety five percent are subclinical infections, which may go unnoticed. Major cases of poliomyelitis affect the central nervous system-brain and spinal cord and are divided into nonparalytic and paralytic forms…